National Republican., 1887-09-02
Private DaIZeli on Gov. Foraker.


EDITOR NATIONAL REPUBLICAN: Your
readers, who, like myself, do not see The
Forum, will thank you for republishing
Gov. Foraker's remarkable article on the
restoration Of the Republican party to
power. read it for the first time in your
columns Of last week, and beg to thank you
for reproducing 1t In your valuable paper.
The trouble that emasculates most OF the
public utterances OF our prOfessed leaders
is sickly sentimentalism, a sort OF mis-
taken conservatism Of style, and, to be
plain, downright cowardice aud fear of
the Democratic press.
1t is a disease that never afflicted Zach
| Chandler, Thaddeus Stevens, Abraham
| Lincoln, and Horace Greeley In his better
| days. Our party is essentially radical, az
| gressive, ana progressive, aud IL 1t, In It's
march over the stupid and senseless preju-
dicts Of tn Democracy, "hurts somebody's
feelings" so much the worse for the miser-
able feelings of that miserable somebody.
1t must march on, Gov. Foraker was taken
to task last week at the Wheeling reunion
for using the word "rebel' ia his reunion
speech "No thief e'er felt the halter draw
with good opinion OF the law What
should lie have called a rebel but q rebel
to be sure? He might have called a rebel a
saint aud so pleased all tue traitors in the
world, and their name is legion, but he
|
He is no coward. He has the courage of
bis convictions. lie is not fishing for the
praises Of the Mugwump or copperhead
press. The rose water and lly-livered
| politicians cannot understand this brave
young Foraner yet. Afraid to call
| their souls their own, cond0nlng treason by
| calling 1t loyalty, and feastIng with traitors
| as II they were Union soldiers, the sickly
| sentmentalists, In their anxiety to attract
avoid nf la
Mugwump and copperhead presses, are
amazed TO see this gallant young soldier
| beard all rebeldOm In its den and denOunce G
| 1t for what 1t is, without fear, favor, or af-
| fection. His speech at Wheeling has rever
had its parallel In American politics. l
never heard the like before.
This youthful governor OF Ohio, who re-
fused to restore the rebel flags, and said
they should not be returned while he was
| governor, is not to be deferred from speak
Ing his honest convictions by any threat
the Democratic press can make against him.
He awoke and found himself famous when
Grover Cleveland backed down before his
fiery and laconic speech OF ten words. He
has no apologies to make to the rebels of
West Virginia for having called things by
their right names No, not he, Why, II
these sensitive traitors keep on, by aud by
they Will come to soldiers reunions, and
| with accumulated gall demand that Bull
Run be called Cow Run lest the vulgar
word offend their delicate long ears.
| Gov. Forsker's article In the Forum re-
minds one somehow or Lincoln's famous
Cooper institute speech, as timely, as much
| needed, as much demanded by public senti.
ment, almost as broad and statesmanlike.
1t stamps Foraker at 40 years of age as the
leader OF his party par excellence. 1T
makes him the candidate for 1888. He
cannot avoid 1t. All the people say SO; all
the soldiers say so, He is so close to the
| people, the common people, the soldiers,
the common soldiers, and so admirably rep
that they are drawn to him as by magic, and
recognize him as their next President NJ
doubt OF 1t; It is decreed.
PRIVATE DALZBLL.
CALDWELL, OHIO, Aug, 81.